Branko Hrg (born 26 September 1961) is a

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n politician and former leader of the

Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that t ...

(HSS). He was a member of HSS from 1992 to 2016 and serves as a mayor of

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since 2001. In January 2012 intra-party elections, Hrg beat former Croatian Minister of Tourism

Damir Bajs Damir Bajs (born 7 October 1964 in Pakrac, Yugoslavia) is Croatian politician and former Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša do ...

with 555 votes over 374. On March 19 2016 he lost, with 188 votes, in the first round of intra-party elections, against

Krešo Beljak Krešo Beljak ( ; born 22 August 1971) is a Croatian politician who has been mayor of Samobor since 2009, and a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2016. He is also President of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) since 2016. Early life and edu ...

who got 339 votes and Nenad Matić who got 225 votes, making him no longer the President of HSS.

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